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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 143 through 182.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Elli as the story opens?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Twelve.

2. Why are the women often forced to strip?
(a) For numbering.
(b) For showers and examinations.
(c) For new prisoners.
(d) For new clothes.

3. How is Laura severely injured at Auschwitz?
(a) A bed pinned Laura in an unnatural position.
(b) A guard shot her foot.
(c) A train ran her over.
(d) A soldier beat her head.

4. When women strip for guards, what is the one possession they retain?
(a) Their underwear.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their socks.
(d) Their blankets.

5. What does Elli do with her poetry journal when she sees a young mother denied possession of a single photo?
(a) Places it under her shirt.
(b) Hides it.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Puts it between layers of bedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is discovered when the women arrive at Camp Landsberg?

2. What happens the day the food arrives early at Laura and Elli's work?

3. Why had the woman in charge of the barracks paid a horrible price for her survival?

4. Why does Elli's father think ambition is a desirable trait?

5. What do Elli and her mother do with their first serving of food at Auschwitz?

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